Honor quilt crafted by: / Judith Parker Wolf / I was born in 1952, reared in Illinois, Ohio, and Pennsylvania, and graduated with honors in art from Chatham College. Ceramics was my main source of concentration during school, but lately my energies...

Willis Overton Harris was born in 1847 in Powhatan County, Virginia. He entered Virginia Military Institute in 1863 and fought in the Civil War with VMI cadet corps until wars end, receiving an honorary degree in 1867. He attended University of...

Indoor exhibit at the World's Fair in St. Louis, Missouri, probably in the Palace of Agriculture, containing many open-sided structures or display cases topped by domes and then balls with triangular tufts above. "Virginia" is written below the...

Map of six southern states (Maryland, Virginia, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia) plus the Tennessee Government area and other land east of the Mississippi River, shows cities and towns, mountain ranges, rivers, large lakes,...

Laban Theodore Moore was born in Wayne County, Virginia. (now West Virginia), near Louisa, Kentucky, in 1829. He attended Marshall Academy in Virginia and graduated from Marietta College in Ohio. He attended the Transylvania Law College at...

Jilson Setters (a pseudonym for James William (J.W.) Day, 1860-1942), holding a bag and a basket containing a drinking gourd, and Jean Thomas, holding two suitcases, stand outside a trailer on a city street. The sign at the auto dealership in the...

Jilson Setters (a pseudonym for James William (J.W.) Day, 1860-1942), holding a bag and a basket containing a drinking gourd, and Jean Thomas, holding two suitcases, stand outside a trailer on a city street, possibly Huntington, West Virginia....

Jilson Setters (a pseudonym for James William (J.W.) Day, 1860-1942), holding a bag and a basket containing a drinking gourd, and Jean Thomas, holding two suitcases, stand outside a trailer on a city street. The sign at the auto dealership in the...

Louisville College of Dentistry; Dental education; Teachers; Dental students

Louisville College of Dentistry 1896 - Composite photograph of faculty and students for the dental school class of 1896 at the Louisville College of Dentistry. Clusters of individual portraits of men in suits and ties with a group of six portraits...

Lyttleton Cooke was born in Virginia in 1831. He spent his childhood in boarding schools and academies until age 18 when he entered the law school of the University of Virginia. Involved in a duel, he left before graduation, and moved to St. Louis,...

Clarence Dallam was born in Henderson, Kentucky, in 1863. He attended Episcopal High School in Alexandria, Va., from 1881 to 1884, before entering the University of Virginia. After graduation, he was admitted to the University of Virginia law...

F.M. Hunter. Black-and-white portrait of Point Pleasant player F. Hunter. The team is in Point Pleasant, West Virginia. Verso: Series No. 4. Old Mill Cigarettes. Base Ball Subjects - Large Assortment. Factory No. 25, 2d Dist. VA.

Kanawha River in downtown Charleston, West Virginia. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Bridge can be seen in the distance. A. W. Terhune wrote on the front of the postcard: "I'm a thinkin of you honey all de while, Pop."

Solomon P. Sharp was born in 1787 in Virginia. His family moved to Logan County in Kentucky shortly before the end of the century. Sharp was called to the bar in his early 20's, opening a legal practice first in Russellville, Kentucky, later in...

George Washington Masonic National Memorial in Alexandria, Virginia. A tall white tower on a base with columned front. Steps lead up to the columned entrance. Printed text on verso reads, "This great Memorial to George Washington, the Mason, is...

Warwick Hotel in Newport News, Virginia. A multi-story red brick building with a white stone base, set on a street corner. There are a few trees along the sidewalk near the hotel. Postmarked 1937 on verso. Published by Louis Kaufmann & Sons,...

Sun porch in the home of R. S. Reynolds on the north side of Woodbourne Ave. east of Valletta Lane, Louisville, Kentucky. Carpeted sunlit room surrounded by windows with geometric top sides. Chair, sofa, and rocker at left. Round mirror on center...

Entrance hall in the home of R. S. Reynolds on the north side of Woodbourne Ave. east of Valletta Lane, Louisville, Kentucky. White staircase with dark tops and dark narrow banisters close together. White wood paneling along lower walls on first...

Parlor in the home of R. S. Reynolds on the north side of Woodbourne Ave. east of Valletta Lane, Louisville, Kentucky. Large room with large area rug over wood floor. White fireplace at left with ornate mirror and decorations above. At the corner...